Software Development Engineer, DevOps Lifecycle Platform (US Federal)

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About the Team

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which due to federal government security requirements mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

As a Software Development Engineer on our Lifecycle Platform team you will have an opportunity to:

• Build run and deploy large-scale fault-tolerant systems using Workdays private cloud technology Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Focus on the scalability availability automation performance and security of distributed web services

• Participate in the teams paid on-call rotation - Work closely with engineering teams in the US Canada and Ireland to deliver exciting next generation applications and services for Workday

• Engage in a culture of learning and innovation through hackathons online course offerings and employee-led special interest guilds

• Be a part of Workdays amazing people-first culture and experience fun benefits like clubs and team events

About You

Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of development experience with building services and tooling in one or more of the following languages: Go Python Java.

• A minimum of 2 years of SRE/DevOps experience.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience automating deployment scaling and/or management of containerized applications with Kubernetes

• A minimum of 2 years of experience with public Cloud platforms: AWS or GCP

• This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to architect analyze and support complex distributed systems

• A degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience

• Experience debugging and optimizing systems and code

• Desire to optimize continuous integration and deployment pipelines

• Skill in automating routine tasks to eliminate toil

• Mentoring and coaching junior engineers to inspire professional growth

• Solid verbal and written communication skills

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Expertise in designing implementing and analyzing algorithms to solve complex problems optimize business processes improve data analysis and enhance decision-making strategies

• Proficient in the entire software lifecycle (conception design programming testing and maintenance) applying knowledge of programming languages data structures and system build to deliver custom solutions and ensure software performance and security

• Experienced in tracking and managing code changes using SCM tools including version and branch management and conflict resolution

• Capable of encouraging a positive and inclusive team environment to improve team efficiency facilitate effective decision-making and assist with project management

• Able to streamline the development process and maintain codebase integrity ensuring accurate documentation and reversibility of changes

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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